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. 2019 Mar 25;10(1):1581020. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2019.1581020

Table 4.

Sensitivity, specificity, likelihood, predictive, and overall efficiency values of the complete and abbreviated versions of the Brazilian PCL-5.

PCL-5 Version/CP Sn Sp +LR -LR +PV -PV OE
Complete PCL-5              
 ≥ 0 1 0 1 - .40 - .40
 21 1 .53 2.12 0 .59 1 .72
 28 .97 .55 2.15 .05 .59 .97 .72
 34 .97 .65 2.75 .05 .65 .97 .78
 35 .94 .69 3.00 .09 .67 .95 .79
 36a b .94 .71 3.20 .08 .68 .95 .80
 37 .91 .73 3.32 .12 .69 .93 .80
 41 .79 .73 2.89 .28 .66 .84 .75
 42 .79 .75 3.12 .28 .68 .84 .77
 43 .76 .78 3.55 .30 .70 .83 .78
 45 .68 .82 3.83 .39 .72 .79 .77
 49 .53 .82 3.00 .57 .67 .72 .71
 50 .47 .84 3.00 .63 .67 .71 .69
 51 .47 .86 3.43 .61 .70 .71 .71
 52 .44 .86 3.21 .65 .68 .70 .69
 54 .41 .90 4.20 .65 .74 .70 .71
 55 .35 .90 3.60 .72 .71 .68 .68
 57 .32 .92 4.12 .73 .73 .67 .68
 59 .32 .94 5.50 .72 .79 .68 .69
 66 .12 .94 2.00 .94 .57 .62 .61
 72 .12 1 - .88 1 .63 .65
 80 0 1 - 1 - .60 .60
Abbreviated 8-item PCL-5              
 ≥ 0 1 0 1 - .40 - .40
 13 a 1 .61 2.55 0 .63 1 .77
 14 .97 .61 2.47 .05 .62 .97 .75
 15 .94 .63 2.53 .09 .63 .94 .75
 16 .91 .63 2.45 .14 .62 .91 .74
 18 .85 .67 2.56 .22 .63 .87 .74
 19 .82 .69 2.62 .26 .64 .85 .74
 20 .79 .75 3.12 .28 .68 .84 .77
 21 b .79 .76 3.37 .27 .69 .85 .78
 22 .71 .78 3.27 .38 .69 .80 .75
 23 .62 .80 3.15 .48 .68 .76 .73
 24 .53 .82 3.00 .57 .67 .72 .71
 25 .47 .90 4.80 .59 .76 .72 .73
 26 .35 .92 4.50 .70 .75 .68 .69
 27 .24 .94 4.00 .81 .73 .65 .66
 28 .21 .96 5.25 .83 .78 .65 .66
 29 .21 .98 1.50 .81 .88 .65 .67
 31 .06 .98 3.00 .96 .67 .61 .61
 32 .06 1 - .94 1 .61 .62
 33 0 1 - 1 - .60 .60
Abbreviated 4-item PCL-5              
 ≥ 0 1 0 1 - .40 - .40
 4 1 .45 1.82 0 .55 1 .67
 5 .97 .47 1.83 .06 .55 .96 .67
 6 .97 .51 1.98 .06 .57 .96 .69
 7 .94 .55 2.09 .11 .58 .93 .71
 8a b .94 .65 2.67 .09 .64 .94 .77
 9 .82 .65 2.33 .27 .61 .85 .72
 10 .74 .75 2.88 .36 .66 .81 .74
 11 .59 .78 2.73 .53 .65 .74 .71
 12 .53 .82 3.00 .57 .67 .72 .71
 13 .41 .86 3.00 .68 .67 .69 .68
 14 .32 .96 8.25 .70 .85 .68 .71
 15 .18 .98 9.00 .84 .86 .64 .66
 16 .12 1 - .88 1 .63 .65
 17 0 1 - 1 - .60 .60

CP = cutoff point; Sn = sensitivity; Sp = specificity; +LR = positive likelihood ratio; -LR = negative likelihood ratio; +PV = positive predictive value; -PV = negative predictive value; OE = overall efficiency; a cutoff point correspondent to the Youden index J, b cutoff point with the highest overall efficiency